Jennifer Morton, currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has accepted an offer from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Morton works in philosophy of action, moral philosophy, philosophy of education, and political philosophy. Her book, Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility (Princeton University Press), won the 2020 Frederic W. Ness Book Award from the Association of American Colleges & Universities. You can learn more about her research here and here.

At the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Morton will hold the position of Presidential Associate Professor. She starts there in Fall of 2021.